Customizing the Body

Clinton R. Sanders is a Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Connecticut. His most recent book isUnderstanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions (Temple), which received the Charles Horton Cooley Award given by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. D. Angus Vail is Associate Professor of Sociology at Willamette University in Salem, OR. He is also co-editor (with Erich Goode) of Extreme Deviance.

• Preface to the Second Edition Ch. 1 Introduction: Body Alteration, Artistic Production, and the Social World of Tattooing Ch. 2 Becoming and Being a Tattooed Person Ch. 3 The Tattooist: Tattooing as a Career and an Occupation Ch. 4 The Tattoo Relationship: Risk and Social Control in the Studio Ch. 5 Conclusion: Tattooing and the Social Definition of Art Epilogue, Clinton R. Sanders with D. Angus Vail Artist Website Index Methodological Appendix Notes References Bibliography for Preface and Epilogue Index

Praise for the first edition: "[This is the most intelligent book available to date on the modern aspects of an increasingly popular form of body decoration." -Kirkus Reviews Praise for the first edition: "A fascinating and well-written study, one that finely sharpens the distinction between deviance and respectability." -Choice